<p>sorry but wouldn't it make more sense to just call cornell and ask if the fa office requests this of all applicants as a policy or if it is only asked of certain applicants. they won't say it is a sign but if they say not everyone needs to send this info then you could read something into it.</p>
<p>You wouldn't get one if you didn't ask for financial aid, right?</p>
<p>If you did not ask for financial aid, I don't think you would get this letter. If you asked for financial aid and submitted all of your forms, then you also wouldn't get this letter. I'm guessing there is a small percentage of people who requested financial aid and do not have their forms in. Is Cornell processing all of those people whether they will be admitted or not? Everyone's stats are so good - it's hard to tell. At the ED time period, it seemed pretty clear that only people who were going to receive an offer were contacted regarding missing FAFs. Now, when they have more time, maybe they are contacting everyone? I looked at last year's threads and there were at least two applicants who were asked for forms who did not get an offer. One was rejected (international) and one was waitlisted. Look at the thread called "a sign??". I guess this is not a new concept! FAF request letters get everyone's hopes up every year. So I guess all of this was wishful thinking....</p>
<p>A lot of people are posting similar things on this topic, maybe you got in you have a few more weeks, hang in there =]</p>
<p>sigh.. now I'm kinda angry.</p>
<p>I turned in everything way early (probably a week after they became available) and this is my reward? Not knowing anything? Damn it.. :[</p>
<p>I received the same message the poster got but I am not reading a lot into it.</p>
<p>From reading this thread it appears that people who have received the 'missing info' letter in the past have been both accepted and rejected. While it makes sense to think that the FA office would not process every single application, it would make sense to let's say, have all the applications in order that are being "considered" for admission. That would be a way to lessen their load but not limit it to the acceptances only.</p>
<p>Of all the 30,000 applications, there certainly will be those applications that will be immediately rejected, so why even process those at FA. However, the rest will be up for grabs and FA will need to have all the info by the time the actual acceptances get mailed.</p>
<p>Given that, the best way to interpret the letter, in my opinion, would be to accept that your application was not immediately rejected but until you get an actual letter of acceptance, assume nothing.</p>
<p>I didnt apply for financial aid yet I recieved an email saying I can still submit the forms...it confused me at the time but I guess I should be excited they are taking interest?</p>
<p>generalobserver, the same thing happened to me...the wierd thing though, is that im International and i didnt apply for aid, yet they sent me an email asking me if i'd like to apply for aid....i think we can assume we're accepted :D</p>
<p>what did they say you were missing? I'm missing my noncustodial parent's tax forms and they never sent me a letter</p>
<p>Everyone got the email...</p>
<p>which email? the one asking for FA forms? my friend didnt apply for aid and neither did I...however, I got the email and my friend didnt</p>
<p>what email? I didn't get one! D:</p>
<p>I think it could mean you pass the reject pile and that's all.</p>